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ROY S. LATIMER, OF TROY, NEW YORK,

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application tiled January 17, 1918. Serial No. 212,163.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROY S. LATIMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckbands, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

This invention relates to the manufacture of neckbands and similar articles made of a plurality of plies of textile fabric or the like.

The principal objects of the invention are to economize in the amount of material required for the manufacture of the band, and to produce a less bulky product.

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a'plan view of a flat strip adapted to form one of the component members of the band.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a folded strip,

- adapted to form another component member of the band.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 4 4 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing said folded strip superimposed upon said flat strip, as in the manufacture of a band in accordance with my improved method.

Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 6 6 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the strip shown in Fig` 5, after the edge-portions of said strips have been inturned over upon the flat strip.

Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 8 8 in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the strips with the edges inturned and the fiat strip folded along its longitudinal middle.

Fig. 10 is a cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 10-10 in Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the finished band. Fig. 12 is a cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 12 12 in Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a longitudinal section of the Fig. 14 is a plan view of a flat strip similar to that shown in Fig. 1, with a Shorter folded strip superimposed thereupon as in the'manufacture of a modiied'form of pocket-neckband in accordance with my invention. l,

Fig. 15 is a cross-section of the same taken on the broken line, 15-15 in Fig. 14.

Fig. 16 is a similar view showing a folded strip similar to that shown in Fig. 3 superimposed upon said shorter folded strip and said flat strip shown in Fig. 14.

Fig. 17 is a cross section of the same taken on the broken line 17-17 in Fig. 16.

Fig. 18 is a cross-section similar to Fig. 12, taken through the back buttonhole of a pocket-neckband made in the manner illustrated in Figs. 14 to 17.

In making a neckband or the like in aocordance with mv invention, I longitudinally fold a strip to form fold-members 2, 24, of unequal depth whereby the foldmember, 2, is formed with an edge-portion, 2b. projecting beyond the free edge-portion of the fold-member, 2a.

I then superimpose said folded strip upon a fiat strip. 1, with the fold-member, 2, next to the flat strip and with the free edge of the inner fold-member, 2a, of said folded strip coincident with edge-portions of the flat strip, and the outer fold-member, 2, of said folded strip projecting beyond said coincident edges of its inner member and the flat strip, as shown in Fig. 6.

After the folded strip, 2, 2a, has thus been superimposed upon the iiatstrip, said longitudinal projecting edge-portions, 2b, of said folded strip and end edge-portions of the outer member, 2, thereof on one side of a line extending longitudinally of said flat strip are inturned over upon said flat strip symmetrically with edge-portions of said flat strip on the opposite side of said longitudinal line. y

Said inturning operation can be advantageously performed byy the use of turning or folding machines, as is well understood:

of making collars, cuis and the longitudinal line with the resultthat as the j edges of the strips have been inturned sym-4 metrically upon opposite sides of said line, the inturned edge-portions of the outer fold member, 2, of the strip, Q, 2a, Will coincide With the inturned edge-portionsl of the strip, 1, on the opposite side of said fold-line. The strip, 1, is thus folded longitudinally as to bring all said inturned edge-portions loetWeen its fold-members shown in Fig. 10.

rlhe free edge of the foldmember, 2a, and the coincident edge of the strip, 1, are thus located substantially at and Within the fold formed by inturning the projecting edge, 2b, of the outer foldmember, 2, as shown in Figs. 8, 10, and 12, whereby said coincident edges are covered by said fold and prevented from raveling.

The band finished by securing all of said inturned edge-portions and all of the fold -meinbers together by a line "of stitching, 1l, as shown in Figs. 11 and 1Q, an/l by providing the band With butt-onholes, 5 and 6, if desired, which buttonholes may extend through all or any desired number of the plies of the band thus formed.

The band thus formed presents finished folded elves on all sides with an opening between the folded edges of its members along one side adapted for the insertion of the neck or sleeve portion of a shirt or the like, not shown.

y terminating the free edge of the fold member, 2t, and the coincident edge of the strip, 1, substantially at tne fold formed by, inturning the projecting edge-portion, 2b, of the fold-member, Q, I ain able to make a substantial saving in the amount of material for making a band of given dimensions, and l am also able to make the band thinner and less bulky along its upper edge than would be the case if either the fold-member, 2, or the strip, 1 or both 'were extended lto coincide With the projecting edge, il, and inturned therewith.

This feature of terminating the free edge of the fold-member, 2a, and the coincident edge of the strip, 1, substantially at the fold formed by inturning the projecting edgeportion, 2b, of the fold-member, Q, may be extended throughout the ends as well as the upper edge of the band if desired, but as the proportion of material thus saved small with respect to the length of the band compared with the saving with respect Y to the Width of the band, it may not be deer-ned desirable to Aextend this feature to the ends of the band. Thus in Fig. 13, I.

`have shown the end-edges of all. the. band members inturned.

lu Some forms of pocket-neckbands wherein the opening in the pocket is formed by leaving free from the body of the garment opposite the buttonhole, the edge-portion of the plies in which the buttonhole is formed,- it is desirable to insert a shorter strip in the band opposite the said buttonholed portion, between which shorter strip and the plies through which the buttonhole does not pass, the body portion of the garment is stitched at this point.

In making such a pocket-neckband in accordance with my invention, I first superiinpose upon the flat strip, 1, a shorter folded strip, 7 7a, folded to form a longitudinal folded edge, 8, the edge-portions of said shorter folded strip along the side opposite said folded edge coinciding with corresponding edge-portions of the flat strip, 1, as shown in Figs. 1i and 15.

The folded strip, 2, 9.a, is then superimposed upon said shorter strip, 7, and the flat strip, 1, as shown in Figs. 16 and 17, and in the saine manner with respect to the strip, 1, as above described, after which the edges of the strips are inturned and the dat strip, 1, is folded longitudinally and the band finished, all as previously described, a crosssection of the resultant. band being shown in Fig. 18.

The shorter strip, 7, is preferably folded along its longitudinal middle, making its fold-members, 7 and 7, of equal depth; but for certain purposes of the invention they may be made of different depths if desired.

A buttonhole may `be formed in such a pocket-neckband through the fold-members, 1fl and 1b, of the flat strip, 1, or through the fold-members, 2, 2a, as may be desired, said shorter strip, 7, 7a, taking the place of the buttonlholed members in securing the neck* band to the body of the garment opposite such buttonhole portion of the band.

For convenience in preserving the proper relative positions of the strips in the manufacture of the band, they may be temporarily foldnieinbers only of both strips along the ends and the side opposite the fold inturned and stitched between the fold-members of one of said strips, the inner fold-inember of one of said strips terminating substantially at and stitched Within the fold formed by intuining said edge-portions of said other strip. f

2. A hand comprising tive longitudinally folded strips superimposed one upon the other with the edgsportions ofthe outer fold-members only of both strips along the ends and the side opposite the fold inturned and stitched between the fold-members of one of said strips, the inner fold-member of both of said strips terminating substantially at and stitched within the fold formed by inturning said edge-portions of said other strip.

3. A band comprising two longitudinally folded strips superimposed one upon the other with the edge-portions of the outer fold-members only of both strips along the ends and the side opposite the fold inturned and st-itched between the fold-members of one of said strips, the inner fold-member of one of said strips terminating substantially at and stitched within the fold formed by inturning said edge-portions of said other strip; and a shorter strip interposed between said other strips, said shorter strip having a longitudinal folded edge and its edge-portion along the side opposite said folded edge stitched within said fold in said secondmentioned strip.

4f. That improvement in the art of making bands which consists in superimposing a longitudinally folded strip upon a iiat strip with the outer fold-member of the folded strip projecting beyond the longitudinal edge of another member of said strips; inturning over upon said flat strip said projecting edge-portions of said folded strip, and end edge-portions of the outer member thereof on one side of a line extending longitudinally of said fiat strip, symmetrically with edge-portions of said flat-strip on the opposite side of said longitudinal line; folding said flat strip along said longitudinal line, causing inturned edge-portions of the outer fold-member of said first mentioned strip to coincide with inturned edge-portions of said second-mentioned strip on the opposite side of said longitudinal line with all said inturned edge-portions between the fold-members of said second-mentioned strip, and said other member of said strips terminating substantially at and within the fold formed by inturning said projecting edge of the outer fold-member of said firstmentioned strip; and stitching all of said inturned edges and all of said fold-members together.

5. That improvement in the art of making bands which consists in superimposing a longitudinally folded strip upon a fiat strip with the free edge of the inner foldmember of said folded strip coincident with the edge of said flat strip and the outer foldmember of said folded strip projecting beyond said edges; inturning overl upon said fiat strip said projecting edge-portions of said folded strip, and end edge-portions of the outer member thereof on one side of a line extending longitudinally of said flat strip, symmetrically with edge-portions of said at strip on the opposite side of said longitudinal line; folding said flat strip along said longitudinal line, causing inturned edge-portions of the outer fold-mem ber of said first-mentioned strip to coincide with inturned edge-portions of said secondmentioned strip on the opposite side of said longitudinal line, with all said inturned edge-portions between the fold-members of said second-mentioned strip, and the coincident edge-portions Vof said inner fold-member and said flat strip substantially at and within the fold formed by inturning said projecting edge of the outer fold-member of said first-mentioned strip; and stitching all of said inturned edges and all of said foldmembers together.

6. That improvement in the art of making bands which consists in superimposing a longitudinally folded strip upon a longer flat strip; superimposing upon said folded strip and said flat strip a longer folded strip with the outer fold-member of the latter projecting beyond the longitudinal edge of s 'said flat strip along said longitudinal line,

causing inturned edge-portions of the outer fold-member of said longer folded strip to coincide with inturned edge-portions of said second-mentioned strip on the opposite side of said longitudinal line, with all said inturned edge-portions between the fold-members of said second-mentioned strip, and other members of said strips terminating substantially at and within the fold formed by inturning said projecting edge of the outer fold-member of said longer folded strip; and stitching all of said inturned edge-portions and all of said fold-members together. In testimony whereof I have hereunto se my hand this 8th day of January, 1918.

ROY S. LATIMER.

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